Can I negotiate for more money after my car accident?
Stephen D. Phillips: Negotiations should not get serious until you reach maximum medical improvement, because the value of a claim depends partly on how well you recovered and what permanent injuries remain.
Attorney Stephen D. Phillips · Car Accidents · 45-second answer
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The negotiations with regard to resolving a claim should not really get serious until you’ve reached what we call maximum medical improvement. The amount of your claim, one of the factors is how well did you recover? What continuing lingering problems did you have? So the negotiations are usually dependent upon, in part, how well you recovered what residual injuries you’re going to have on a permanent basis.
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